Westminster
Abbey's London district
Westminster names a borough of central London containing the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace.
By extension, Westminster refers to the British Parliament or government itself: Westminster is debating the new immigration bill.
The Westminster system describes the parliamentary model derived from British practice, used in many Commonwealth nations.
London's river
National legislative assembly
- Houses of ParliamentUK's legislative seat
- commonsShared community resources
- lordsMen of high rank
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
cabinet · democracy · constitution · sovereignty · statute · policy · governance · coalition
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- naveChurch's main interior
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- transeptChurch's lateral wing
- apseVaulted church recess
vaults · spires · buttresses · tombs · monarchy · royal wedding · Henry VII · cloisters
Elaborate ceremonial display
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- processionFormal moving line
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- traditionCustom passed through generations
regalia · mace · royal · investiture · solemnity · ritual · robes · fanfare
System where elected assembly rules
- bicameralHaving two chambers
- constitutional monarchyRoyalty limited by charter
- loyal oppositionPrincipled dissent within system
- first past the postHighest vote count wins
Commonwealth · Canada · Australia · New Zealand · India · hung parliament
Thames
London's river
- Big BenLondon's celebrated tower clock
- WhitehallBritish government metonym
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
borough · Trafalgar Square · clocktower · riverbank · central London
parliament
National legislative assembly
- Houses of ParliamentUK's legislative seat
- commonsShared community resources
- lordsMen of high rank
legislation · cabinet · democracy · constitution · sovereignty · statute · policy · governance · coalition · majority
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
apse · vaults · spires · buttresses · tombs · monarchy · royal wedding · Henry VII · cloisters · consecration
pageantry
Elaborate ceremonial display
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- processionFormal moving line
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
tradition · regalia · mace · royal · investiture · solemnity · ritual · robes · fanfare · herald
parliamentary democracy
System where elected assembly rules
- bicameralHaving two chambers
- constitutional monarchyRoyalty limited by charter
- loyal oppositionPrincipled dissent within system
first past the post · Commonwealth · Canada · Australia · New Zealand · India · hung parliament
- BritainEngland, Wales, Scotland, London, Northern Ireland
- LondonChelsea, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Big Ben, Brixton
- UK PlacesLondon, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bath
- Victorian LondonLondon, Thames, Big Ben, East End, Whitechapel
- Abbeysabbey, Tintern Abbey, Fountains, Glastonbury, Melrose
- British NobilityYork, Windsor, Cambridge, Kent, Cornwall
WestminsterCity of London
London's original walled settlement
WestminsterHolyrood
Scottish seat of government
WestminsterCapitol Hill
Congressional district and synecdoche
the Kremlin · Congress · presidential system · Brussels · Beijing
- Westminster AbbeyHistoric London royal church
- Westminster ConfessionSeventeenth-century Reformed statement
- Palace of WestminsterUK legislative building
- Westminster Dog ShowPremier American canine competition
- Westminster chimesTraditional clock-tower melody
- Westminster BridgeThames crossing near Parliament